<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 12-22. - Organization and appointments.</div>
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               (a)
               
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               The organization shall consist of the following:
               
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               (1)
               
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               An agency of civil preparedness within the executive department of the county government
               under the direction of the county board of commissioners. The agency head of the county
               civil preparedness agency shall be known as the coordinator, and such assistants and
               other employees as are deemed necessary for the proper functioning of the agency will
               be appointed;
               
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               (2)
               
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               The employees, and resources of all county departments, boards, institutions and councils
               will participate in the civil preparedness activities. The duties assigned to county
               departments shall be the same or similar to the normal duties of the department, where
               possible; and
               
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               (3)
               
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               Volunteer personnel and agencies offering service to, and accepted by the county.
               
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               (b)
               
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               The county board of commissioners shall appoint a coordinator of county civil preparedness
               agency who shall be a person well versed and trained in planning operations involving
               the activities of many different agencies which will operate to protect the public
               health, safety and welfare in the event of danger from enemy action or disaster.
               
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               (c)
               
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               The coordinator shall designate and appoint deputy coordinators with the concurrence
               of the county board of commissioners to assume the emergency duties of the coordinator
               in the event of his absence or inability to act.
               
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               (Ord. No. 3, Â§ 4, 2-2-1976)
               
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